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KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan-international patrol found a weapons cache in the Nad-e Ali District of Helmand province while supporting Operation Moshtarak yesterday.
The cache contained two 23mm artillery shells, four rocket-propelled grenades, an 81mm mortar, a 105mm mortar, a 107mm mortar, two metal rods packed with home-made explosives, two 18 liter (five-gallon) jugs filled with HME, 18 kilograms (40 lbs) of loose explosives, 1 kg (2 lbs) of TNT, .5 kg (1 lb) of propellant and 20 pressure plates. The cache was destroyed by an explosive ordnance disposal team.
In the Chorah District of the Uruzgan province yesterday, a joint patrol found a weapons cache containing two bags of HME, a bag of black powder, eight 303 rounds and improvised explosive device components. The cache will be destroyed.
A joint patrol in the Kash Rod District of Nimroz province found a drug cache containing 2 kg (4 lbs) of amphemetamines, .5 kg (1 lb) of opium and 18 liters (five gallons) of acid. The cache was destroyed.
| Date Taken: | 03.03.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 03.03.2010 03:38 |
| Story ID: | 46075 |
| Location: | KABUL, AF |
| Web Views: | 500 |
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